What is Fresh Goods Friday?

It’s Singletrack’s long running, weekly roundup of all of the new products that have been sent in to the magazine.

Where do all of the goods come from?

They’re sent in by bike companies and marketing agencies

What happens to all of the products?

They’re featured and then some are reviewed down the line in either Singletrack Magazine or in online reviews and photoshoots.

What happens to them when you’ve finished with them?

They’re usually sent back after review, or kept on long-term test bikes. But no one ever asks for shorts and shoes back. Trust us on that. Once we were asked to return some brake pads.

I’m a company making the next big thing. How much does it cost to feature in FGF?

Nothing. Nil. Zero. Diddlysquat. Sod all. Just send all ‘next big things’ to us at – Fresh Goods Friday, Singletrack Magazine, Lockside Mill, Dale Street, Todmorden. OL14 5PX. Please note that if you require the products back after they have featured then you are responsible for arranging collection at your cost. While it is our policy to feature everything we receive in FGF if we decide your product is not suitable for publication we won’t do it. Publication is at our discretion. Whether a product goes on for publication as a review is at editorial discretion. Beer, coffee & spirits will ALWAYS be tested.

Wheels, Tyres, Clothing, Chickens: It’s Fresh Goods Friday 549

Do you ever set out for a ride and realise the moment you’re out the door that your legs are too tired to join you? It happens frequently to some...

Fresh Goods Friday 548 – The everything is secret edition

Yes, we have stuff, but we can’t tell you about it. It’s all secret. It’s a moving feast of secrecy. As if it wasn’t complicated enough to remember what can...

Fresh Goods Friday 547: The Dr Dolittle Extra Animal Edition

Lockdown, week whatever. Or are we still locked down? Kind of not – we can ride bikes with five friends and sit outside a pub in all of our coats....

Bikes, Bike Bits & Bum Balm: FGF 546

Happy Friday, Singletrackers! And what a treat we have. The sun is shining, the weekend is here and our favourite eateries and drinkeries continue to work on their outdoor seating...

Wheels, Components, Lycra and Turkish Rock: Fresh Goods Friday 545

There’s plenty of news to talk about this week. I believe the pubs are open? And Scotland is easing restrictions on how many pals you can see at once? Well...

Fresh Goods Friday 544 – Blinking into the bright future

Have you got your Big Coats at the ready? A nice warm hat? A fetching mask and a handy bottle of hand gel? The pubs are soon to open, and...

Pole Taival Frame

Fresh Goods Friday 543: A jam-packed Easter FGF

We’ve crammed so much stuff into this week’s Fresh Good Friday we worry we won’t have room for our Easter Eggs this weekend! If you have been following FGF recently...

Fresh Goods Friday 542 – Here Comes the Sun

Happy Friday everyone! This Fresh Goods Friday comes to you like a beam of sunlight piercing through the clouds. Optimistic, warm and filled with positivity. It’s a while since I...

sunn french connexion racing

Fresh Goods Friday 541 – The Sunn is shining edition!

While we won’t argue with anyone at all that it’s high time for spring – after all, the flowers are popping and the winter was soooo long and soooo cold,...

Fresh Goods Friday 540 – The We’re Coming Up On 20 Edition!

Normally here it is customary to include some waffle and some wibble about whatever is happening in the world. But a) we’ve no idea what’s happening in the world because...

Fresh Goods Friday 538 – Are You Jumpy or Grumpy?

The countdown to (a bit more) freedom is on. We might (possibly maybe) soon be able to meet a few friends outside, or head to the pub after a ride,...

Fresh Goods Friday 537 – The Hope Edition

It’s that time of year when each ride is an opportunity to look out for signs of hope. Snowdrops, daffodils, lambs, bees – with each sighting Spring gets a better...

From The Frozen North It’s Fresh Goods Friday 536

Opening with the obvious – it’s really cold. Instead of grumbling about this relentless deep freeze we’re experiencing, I’d like to show you this incredible ice sculpture created at the...

Fresh Goods Friday 535 – Bringing colour to your life

It’s a grey old world out there right now, but this week’s mailbox has brought us a shower of colour. Which got our thoughts turning to our walls. Did you...

Fresh Goods Friday 534: The ‘We’ve Found Bikes!’ Edition

It’s a crazy time – in general, but also in bike land. First, everyone seems to have sold all of their bikes and there are some long lead times heading...

Fresh Goods Friday 533 – The Too Much Weather Edition

What’s his name? Storm Christoph? He can bog off now, thanks. We’ve had enough ‘exciting’ weather for a while and we’d just like some nice, dull, grey, dry winter weather...

The Self Improvement Edition: Fresh Goods Friday 532

I’m putting my positive pants on for this round of Lockdown. It sucks, for many reasons we are all aware of, so I plan to make something good come of...

Fresh Goods Friday 531 – The Homeschool Breakdown Edition

What have you learnt this week? And what have your kids learnt? Have you thrown yourself into creative home schooling and your offspring are now adept at cooking, sewing, and...

beer

Fresh Goods Friday 530 – Well Hello 2021!

We know that it’s been pretty hard to keep track of what day it is all year, and whack the amorphous zone of Twixtmas into the equation and we suspect...

Fresh Goods Friday 529 – The Quiet Mad Friday In Edition

Traditionally this would be ‘Mad Friday’ when everyone would be out on the town being inappropriately over familiar with their office mates while wearing a poor choice of jumper and...

Merida Ninety Six 8000

Fresh Goods Friday 528 – THE One Where We ASK you QUESTIONS

We are going to start this week’s Fresh Goods Friday with a survey. The results will be sent to Mark, Chipps, Zoe, their MPs, your MP, and your parents. How...

FGF 526 – The Countdown To Better Things Begins

Things are about to get better. No, we’re not talking about world events, we’re talking about the giant giveaway of goodness that is December 2020 Plus A Bit Of November...

FGF 525: Dizzy with excitement, or just befuddled?

There are certain things that you know will happen. If you look at the square edged rock you don’t want to hit on your descent, you will hit it. If...

FGF 524 – The Conversation Starting Edition

Who has run out of conversation? With a narrower window of experience than usual, after 11 months or so you could be forgiven for not having much to say. Without...

Fresh Goods 523 | Cars, Guitars, Beer and Women

Feeling a little tired? Thumbs suffering RSI from doom scrolling and refreshing? Now totally expert on US constitutional law? Still gripped? Go join in on the forum. Here, we’re taking...

Fresh Goods Friday 522 – The ‘Oh, Not Again’ Edition

Wasn’t that the thought of the Hitchiker’s Guide whale that turned into a plant pot (or was it the other way round?) Anyway, it seems that Singletrack Towers is locking...

Fresh Goods Friday 521 – The ‘Let’s Get Funky’ edition

Ahh, Friday, the gateway to the weekend and freedom from work. Or not, as seems the case with many of us at the moment. Wherever you are, we hope that...

Fresh Goods Friday 520 – The Take Us To A Quiet Space Edition

Put you left foot in, your right arm out, stick your bum into the air and shake it all about. Never mind tiers, levels, deal or no deal, or clips...

Fresh Goods Friday 519 – The ‘Not Van Halen too?’ Edition

Hey! How’s it going? Sorry for the late appearance of Fresh Goods this week, we’ve had a busy old week and there’s a lot of stuff to get through. Grab...

Fresh Goods Friday 518 | The Great British Doorstep Disco Edition

Hurrah! It’s Friday! Go wild, do your hair, get your glad rags on and… erm… sit on the sofa with a takeaway? Humph. What this world needs right now is...